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April 28, 2009
Category: General
Or, to give the full title: "How to brew beer in a coffee maker, using only materials commonly found on a modestly sized oceanographic research vessel". The marine scientists at Southern Fried Science have this handy guide to any scientist...
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April 27, 2009
Category: General
Thanks to Sandy for letting me know about the Center for Disease Control's Twitter Feed, which will keep you up to date with the current swine flu outbreak. Latest news is 20 confirmed cases in the US, with one hospitalisation,...
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April 26, 2009
Category: bad science
Kathy Sykes, Professor of Sciences and Society at Bristol University has written a provocative article in the latest New Scientist entitled "Science in the media: Put up or shut up" The star of Rough Science argues that while science communication...
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April 24, 2009
Category: Art
Mmm... Facts. Via in the inimitable Left handed Toons....
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Category: bad science
The alternative medicine industry has been complaining that regulations demanding they prove their products are safe before being granted a licence resemble "a sledgehammer to crack a walnut". Global Regulatory Services reports from a keynote debate at the Natural &...
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April 21, 2009
Category: bad science
Tune in to Richard Bacon's talk radio show on BBC 5 Live tonight, where I'll be fighting the skeptic's corner for the evening's debate: Should we all be looking for our inner self?: Some therapists claim the key to a...
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April 18, 2009
Category: Art
Has the head of the Catholic Church been meddling in your politics? Perhaps you'd like to be the one pulling his strings? Live out your God fantasies with your own Pope Benedict XVI puppet, courtesy of artist Rob Nance....
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April 17, 2009
Category: Evolution
Scientists have discovered new species of iron-breathing microbes that have lived isolated under an Antarctic glacier for millions of years. The microbes are responsible for the landmark blood-red frozen waterfall at Taylor Glacier. Researchers theorise that the microbes were trapped...
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April 12, 2009
Category: Art
What if you found yourself thrown back in time to a pre-technological age? Could you stand on the shoulders of giants not-yet-born and bring your 21st century science to these ancient times, like Bruce Campbell in Army of Darkness? Or...
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April 11, 2009
Category: bad science
Over at the Guardian's Lost In Showbiz, Marina Hyde continues her campaign to steal my heart, this time by lancing those celebrities who confuse their ability to secure a table at the Ivy with the authority to talk sensibly on...
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